The Slanted Door's Charles Phan has died. The visionary chef came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when he was 13. He ...

The Slanted Door was closed during the pandemic but his two other restaurants in Napa and San Ramon remain open. A couple years ago, Phan also opened a Bahn Mi sandwich shop in the Mission called ...

Charles Phan in 2010 at Slanted Door, the San Francisco restaurant he opened in 1995. By 2014, it was California’s No. 1-grossing independently owned restaurant, with $16.5 million in annual sales.

The Slanted Door also has locations in Napa and San Ramon. Phan additionally operated a Vietnamese sandwich shop on 18th Street in the Mission, Chuck's Takeaway .

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.

Charles Phan, the influential chef who opened San Francisco’s Slanted Door restaurant and popularized a new style of modern California-Vietnamese cuisine, died unexpectedly on Jan. 20. He was 62 years ...

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.